Entry:
Young, Robert L., "The Protestant Heritage and the Spirit of Gun Ownership," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 23 (1989), 300-309.
Abstract:
In part, Protestants are more likely to own guns because, as a result of growing up in the rural South, they are more likely to hunt. Among non-hunters, the association between religious faith and gun ownership can be explained by the interaction of a frontier ethnic heritage with rural socialization and religious fundamentalism.
GSS Years:1982, 1984-1985
Other Data Sets:
Gallup
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| ETHNIC |
COUNTRY OF FAMILY ORIGIN |
| GRANBORN |
HOW MANY GRANDPARENTS BORN OUTSIDE U.S. |
| OWNGUN |
HAVE GUN IN HOME |
| ROWNGUN |
DOES GUN BELONG TO R |
| HUNT |
DOES R OR SPOUSE HUNT |
| INCOME |
TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |
| BIBLE |
FEELINGS ABOUT THE BIBLE |
| BIBLEY |
FEELINGS ABOUT THE BIBLE -- VERSION Z |
| RELIG |
RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE |
| REG16 |
"REGION OF RESIDENCE |
| REGION |
REGION OF INTERVIEW |
| RES16 |
TYPE OF PLACE LIVED IN WHEN 16 YRS OLD |
| XNORCSIZ |
EXPANDED N.O.R.C. SIZE CODE |